urlwolf

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by urlwolf 3y ago
On 1. yeah this is a serious problem. If webapps start failing to work well under FF all bets are off. I didn't think of it. Testing on another browser increases costs of development. But the alternative (being in the hands of a single
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Ask HN: How can we help Firefox not to dissapear?
102 points by urlwolf 3y ago|123 comments
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by urlwolf 3y ago
OKCupid was the one non-swiping app left, and after being bought by the match.com group it became pretty much the same. There's at least something to read for those who care (and the questions system).
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by urlwolf 3y ago
If you are on linux and miss the snappiness of sumatra, try llpp. They use the same renderer. In fact, llpp has more features, like a better overview mode where you can get 3 pages on screen. Search does suck. llpp is written in Ocaml and a
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by urlwolf 3y ago
Love this view. I can't get pdf display on FF to invert colors. Is there a way? Then it would replace okular for me (which also does this overview mode)
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by urlwolf 3y ago
Is there any way to click on an image to magnify? in many books figures are too small. Ctrl + scroll does magnify the entire doc, but the img is pixelated.
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by urlwolf 3y ago
If you are running a consumer MS desktop of win 11 (which forces you to be logged in to their cloud), are you compromised? If so, what's the best way to act from this point on?
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ChatGPT traffic seems to be plateau-ing(disconnect.blog)
2 points by urlwolf 3y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: ChatGPT plus down for me, or for everyone?
4 points by urlwolf 3y ago|4 comments
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Nadella is betting everything on AI(wired.com)
3 points by urlwolf 3y ago|0 comments
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A tiny, ancient hominin may have been surprisingly clever(economist.com)
2 points by urlwolf 3y ago|0 comments
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by urlwolf 3y ago
I would have agreed till recently. I ran Manjaro without a hitch for a long stretch of time, maybe 7 years. Then one day the hybrid laptop would not recognize the external monitor. I spent quite a bit of time debugging it, and finally concl
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by urlwolf 3y ago
Installing and maintaining linux (when it breaks with a silly update snafu) is too costly for many capable people. Particularly if you have a hybrid card. Some others (the majority) are not capable of installing or maintaining it.
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by urlwolf 3y ago
It goes against GDPR, that's for sure
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Trends like LLMs and Apple Vision traps Linux desktop vision for productivity(lof.flounder.online)
1 points by urlwolf 3y ago|0 comments
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by urlwolf 3y ago
Kurt Vonnegut, Neil Stephenson, William Gibson. Though Vonnegut would fight the label, his first free novels could be considered sci Fi. I like them better than the later ones
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by urlwolf 3y ago
I'll start: 1. Ben Thompson - He is the writer and founder of Stratechery.com 2. Gary Marcus - A cognitive scientist and AI researcher, author of books like "Rebooting AI" 3. Oren Etzioni - CEO of the Allen Institute for AI 4
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Ask HN: Who writes well-researched posts on ChatGPT's impact on each profession?
5 points by urlwolf 3y ago|1 comments
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South Park has picked up on ChatGPT(southpark.de)
1 points by urlwolf 4y ago|1 comments
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by urlwolf 4y ago
Can anyone with a copyright law background comment on how bad this is? Is the party over?
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by urlwolf 4y ago
I don't know myself :) I'm sure if I try to go with a dumbphone only I'll find fast what I need. I'm off social media, but I have to use whatsapp. Maps are important, and a decent camera too. I use an app to track my sl
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by urlwolf 4y ago
I'm not a security expert, but from my understanding your (fantastic) minimal use is still compromised and you are giving plenty of data to both google and govs. I got most of my impetus to go phone-less from the book 'digital veg
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by urlwolf 4y ago
Reading books instead of news/blogs/social media. Thinking slowly and clearly away from all that noise. Using Zettelkasten notes. Looking at raw data (from sources I trust) to make decisions instead of trusting gurus/influenc
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Ash HN: Any viable alternative device to a smartphone on the market today?
15 points by urlwolf 4y ago|15 comments
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by urlwolf 4y ago
For anyone wanting to try something similar but with a better graph view, check Tangent: http://tangentnotes.com/ Also more performant and less plugin-dependent.
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by urlwolf 4y ago
SAP is a mystery to me. Customers hate it with the passion of a burning sun. Yet they don't switch. Why? Is what they are doing so hard no competitor has managed to dethrone them? It's the only company I know that is universally h
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Glacials in Greenland defrosting have past the point of no return(economist.com)
5 points by urlwolf 4y ago|0 comments
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by urlwolf 4y ago
No evidence for the claim on the article though. Where's the experimental data? This is an opinion.
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by urlwolf 4y ago
Pity this is US only; Any idea when/if it will be available in Europe? I'm in Germany.
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The Liches of SV(ez.substack.com)
16 points by urlwolf 4y ago|1 comments

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